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Illegal arms factory busted in Munger

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Press Trust of India Munger
Last Updated : Aug 22 2014 | 4:35 PM IST
The police today busted an illegal arms factory and seized five automatic pistols, ammunition of .22 calibre, equipment used in manufacturing weapons and arrested a man in this connection in Munger district, police said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar Singh said the operation was based on intelligence inputs.
Muhammad Alam, allegedly the owner of the illegal arms factory at Bardah village has been nabbed but his two. accomplices managed to flee when the raid was being conducted.
Singh said Alam is a habitual offender and has been jailed earlier also on the charges of manufacturing illegal weapons.
The ASP said the recovery of .22 bore ammunition hint that the miscreants were also trying to make pistols of this calibre.

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First Published: Aug 22 2014 | 4:35 PM IST

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